Couples therapy in Nottingham

Andrew always made me feel very safe, supported and valid at a difficult time in my life. he showed a great deal of empathy and insight in our sessions and held space consistently . His personal and compassionate approach allowed well placed challenges to be received as intended which allowed me to look at deeper roots and patterns and he helped me to make real positive changes that stuck. highly recommended

I know Andrew as a fellow counsellor through a peer supervision group. His knowledge, insight, and experience are invaluable to me in my own practice. Andrew is genuinely compassionate, interested in people, and highly professional. I’m privileged to be able to work with him.

Having worked in a professional capacity with Andy, I wouldn't hesitate in recommending him as a therapist or as a trainer. His warmth and passion for recovery is inspiring and his skill is very apparent. He is also highly-committed to ensuring that his work is informed by current research and developments and is able to explain complex theories in an accessible way.

Chris is an extremely considerate, adaptable and compassionate counsellor. I cannot recommend him highly enough and am eternally grateful for the significant changes he's encouraged in my life. If you're ever considering counselling, please do it - booking your first session can be the hardest part.

I cannot recommend Chris enough. He's helped me reframe my thinking and gain confidence during some of the worst moments in my life. No matter how terrible or trivial your situation might seem going to someone like Chris is invaluable. If I could review his services with more than 5 stars I would.

Chris has helped me understand and overcome one of the most difficult periods of my life. He is inquisitive, empathetic, good-humoured, and prides himself on his professionalism. It has been a pleasure to work with him and I would urge those toying with the idea of therapy to give it a try. He is very flexible when it comes to scheduling sessions which is also very much appreciated.

The counsellor I was paired with was great and my husband said the same for his. Communication from the admin team was horrendous, disorganised at best and rude at worst. Our availability changed because of how are work pattern changes across the year and they never fit us in for another appointment after that. When I chased it I was accused of being unreliable and not turning up to appointments, which never happened. I rearranged a couple of times due to illness. I was so shocked and infuriated by the email I received that didn't get back to them. My husband was seeing someone separately and the counsellor either forgot about the appointment or admin didn't tell the counsellor about the booking. Again, impossible to get another appointment after that. It's been months since our last appointment and we've not once been called or contacted to continue our sessions and I've not chased it because I'm not sure I want to give them any more money after the experience we've had. It's frustrating because we got to a good point to start having appointments together and still have a lot of work to do on this and have obviously paid for many appointments to get nowhere. Now I feel we have to start all over again somewhere else because this place was so poorly organised and managed.

Our experience with Relate is different to a lot of these reviews. We were directed here by a local private Couples Counsellor we had researched in our area, who used to work for Relate, and could not fit us in at times around our working hours. We are so glad we looked at Relate to get some help. As with most industries post-pandemic, the counselling industry is bound to be even more stretched in the aftermath. In our case, it took a few weeks from registration for our initial appointment to be made, due to extremely high demand. We were a bit worried about waiting, but did not expect help instantly, with so many people looking for the same. Since we've started however, the help we've had, and are having, as a couple has been really fantastic. Our counsellor is a super nice person, and has lots of skill and experience to help us both as individuals as well as together, to work through issues we were finding quite difficult to sort out ourselves. We have had a long and happy relationship with its own ups and downs, but more recently (due to living and working together in our case), the help we are receiving to get us through the more difficult parts, is massively appreciated. Counselling with Relate can help with all sorts of issues for couples who want to try, but who feel a bit out of their depth. I would highly recommend to other people who would like some help with their relationship.

Absolutely appalling service. After waiting weeks, we were given an appointment, only to find out after the session, we had in-fact simply been "squeezed in on a cancellation. The therapy session was extremely painful and then just left us hanging to go our own ways and wait for Relate to get back to us, this was 3 weeks ago. They have made a bad situation worse!